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With no advance notice the Joint Legislative Facilities Committee voted on party lines to ban guns from the State House and two other buildings used by legislators. While this idea has been debated and defeated numerous times by the House as a whole, the Democrats took advantage of their majority status to deny legislators rights to self-defense by rule rather than law.

While House rules allow late filing of bills when significant events occur after the filing period, Democrats on the Rules Committee voted unanimously not to allow the Kimberly Cates murder bill to go forward.

While House rules allow late filing of bills when significant events occur after the filing period, Democrats on the Rules Committee voted unanimously not to allow the Kimberly Cates murder bill to go forward.